Slovenia News 27 June 2006

As it was gearing up for celebrations of its independence, Slovenia recognised independent Montenegro, opened its embassy in Podgorica, and published a White Paper on the border with Croatia. FM Dimitrij Rupel was in Italy meeting his counterpart Massino D'Alema in what was the first meeting with the new Italian centre-left government. Parliament had a busy week too, passing changes to the Constitution allowing for the establishment of long-awaited provinces and legislating "hora legalis" for youth under 16. "We want to be nothing less than one of the most successful states in the world. One of the beacons of the 21st century," PM Janez Jansa said at Saturday's central ceremony marking 15 years of Slovenian independence. More » "15 years on, I am glad to see that our decision to go independent was not a step in vain," President Janez Drnovsek said as he addressed a reception he hosted on Saturday for members of the then and incumbent governments and the then presidency. More » A plaque was unveiled on Saturday on the front of Cankarjev dom to honour the task force which coordinated the country's independence efforts. The conference and arts centre was chosen as the site of the plaque because 15 years ago the task force had chosen it as its "headquarters". More » The regional government of Italy's Friuli Venezia-Giulia on Friday adopted a bill to safeguard the Slovenian minority in the region. The bill now needs the green light from the regional parliament, which is expected to discuss it in the autumn. More » Slovenia established diplomatic relations with Montenegro on Wednesday, a day after the National Assembly recognised the newly-independent country. More » Representatives of 13 municipalities that lie on the shores of the Northern Adriatic have signed an Alliance for the Northern Adriatic, a charter binding them to push for environment-friendly policies in the region. More » State Secretary at the Education Ministry Magdalena Sverc, technical director at the national education institute Natalija Komljanc and the French Ambassador to Slovenia Dominique Gazuy signed on Wednesday an agreement on furthering the quality of French language lessons in Slovenian schools in 2006 and 2007. More » MPs mustered the required super majority for passing a constitutional act which paves the way for the establishment of provinces in the entire country. Articles 121, 140 and 143 of the Constitution were changed in a 69:7 vote on Tuesday afternoon. More » A special parliamentary session marked 25 June, National Day, when in 1991 Slovenia was declared an independent and sovereign state, with Speaker France Cukjati and Speaker of the then Assembly France Bucar delivering the keynote addresses. More » All three chambers of the 1991 parliament held separate sessions on Saturday to remember their decision to uphold the 1990 referendum outcome and declare Slovenia's independence, as the country is gearing up to celebrate 15 years of its sovereignty this evening. More » There are a lot of unused opportunities between Slovenia and Albania in terms of economic cooperation, Economic Affairs Minister Andrej Vizjak said as he addressed an Albanian-Slovenian business forum in Tirana on Tuesday. More » Finnish company Patria, its Slovenian representative Rotis and Slovenian home appliance maker Gorenje, have announced a joint venture for the production of 8x8 light armoured personnel vehicles for the Slovenian army. More » Almost half a year after its first bill was vetoed in parliament, the government has adopted a new wine bill that envisages the determination of three wine regions in the country. More » Slovenia is perusing a policy of reducing its dependence on nuclear energy, Environment Minister Janez Podobnik stressed on the margins of a conference on modern waste management on Tuesday. More » The main exhibition with a comprehensive presentation of Slovenia's independence process opened at the National Museum of Contemporary History in Ljubljana on Wednesday evening. More » Milan Dekleva was on Friday conferred the Kresnik Award for best Slovenian novel of the year for "Zmagoslavje podgan" (The Triumph of Rats). Earlier this year Dekleva was honoured with a Preseren Award, the most prestigious national award for achievements in arts and culture. More » Slovenian humanitarian organisation concluded on Thursday the main phase of their World for Darfur fund-raiser, which saw more than SIT 200m (EUR 834,585) collected for aid to a refugee camp in the west of this Sudanese region. More » President Janez Drnovsek has posthumously decorated dissident Joze Pucnik (1932-2003) with an Order of Exceptional Services for his "lifetime contribution to democratisation, independence and international recognition of Slovenia," the president's office said on Wednesday. More » Ljubljana Archbishop and Metropolitan Alojz Uran said that the close links between the Catholic Church and the Slovenian nation can only be understood through the historical development of the nation, which has joined Europe through Christianity and the Church. More » Schedule of Events from 27 June to 2 July More »

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